Jimmy Brooks

Jimmy Brooks was a resident of Blackwater, Texas during the 1890s. In 1899, he witnessed the Blackwater massacre, and, months later, he recognized Arthur Morgan as one of the outlaws when he rode past him in Valentine, Nebraska. He asked Morgan if he was at Blackwater, and, although Morgan denied it, Brooks recognized him, and he attempted to flee when Morgan told him to stay behind and talk with him. Brooks almost rode off a cliff, with his horse falling to its death and Brooks hanging on to the cliff. Morgan stood above him and told him that he was not the man from Blackwater, and Brooks apologized to him. Morgan ultimately decided to spare him, but he warned him against telling anybody about him. Brooks happily agreed, and he gave Morgan a pen as a token of his gratitude for sparing him.